HB4457eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4457 Engrossed LRB094 15744 RAS 50957 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Ice Cream Truck Worker Registration Act.

Section 5. Intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly to ensure that individuals who are employed as workers upon an ice cream truck operating in the State of Illinois be persons of good character and not pose a threat or danger to patrons by establishing a process whereby ice cream truck workers, as defined in this Act, must apply for a registration card from the State of Illinois.

Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Ice cream truck" means a motor vehicle engaged in the curbside vending or sale of frozen or refrigerated desserts, confections, or novelties commonly known as ice cream or prepackaged candies, prepackaged snack foods, or soft drinks, primarily intended for the sale to children under 12 years of age.

"Ice cream truck worker" means any individual employed as a worker upon an ice cream truck, including the driver of an ice cream truck.

Section 15. Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. Subject to annual appropriation to the Department for costs incurred under this Act, beginning January 1, 2007, every ice cream truck worker must apply for an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. The person shall apply to the Department on forms provided by the Department. There shall be no cost for application for or issuance of an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. The applicant may work as an ice cream truck worker pending issuance of an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. If the Department denies the application, the applicant may not be employed as an ice cream truck worker in the State of Illinois. If the application is approved, the Department shall send the card to the applicant. If the application is denied, the Department shall send a notice of denial to the applicant. The Department shall send a duplicate copy of any card issued and any notice of denial to the ice cream truck employer listed on the identification card application. The Department shall establish a process for appeal and administrative review of any application denial.

Section 20. Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card application. The Department shall provide application forms for persons applying for an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. The form shall request only the following information:

(1) name;

(2) address;

(3) date of birth; and

(4) name and address of current ice cream truck employer.

Section 25. Criminal history records check. The Department shall require that each applicant for an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card must, as a condition of initial employment, submit his or her fingerprints to the Department of State Police in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police. These fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the Department of State Police criminal history records databases and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases. The Department of State Police shall provide information concerning any criminal charges and their disposition, now and hereafter filed, against an applicant to the Department. Applicants who have completed the fingerprinting process under this Section shall not be subjected to the fingerprinting process subsequent to obtaining an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. The ice cream truck employer of each applicant is solely responsible for payment of any fee charged by the Department of State Police for conducting the criminal history records check, which shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry.

Section 30. Persons prohibited from obtaining Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. An application for an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card shall be denied if the applicant (i) has ever been convicted of any offense set forth in Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961, (ii) is a registered sex offender as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, or (iii) has ever been convicted of any offense set forth in Article 9 of the Criminal Code of 1961.

Section 35. Ice cream truck worker requirements. Each ice cream truck worker, in addition to applying for an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card, must:

(1) be at least 16 years of age;

(2) have completed any employment application required by the ice cream truck owner;

(3) be in possession of a valid driver's license;

(4) if required by the ice cream truck owner, wear a standard operator's uniform that identifies the individual as an ice cream truck worker; and

(5) be lawfully able to work in Illinois and, if not a United States citizen, be currently permitted to work by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Section 40. Responsibility of ice cream truck owner for failure of employee to comply with this Act. An ice cream truck owner shall not be responsible for any information submitted by an employee or for the failure of an employee to apply or qualify for an Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Card. An ice cream truck owner shall not be liable to an employee for any of the requirements imposed by this Act.

Section 45. Copies of Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Cards for municipalities and counties. An ice cream truck owner, upon the request of the municipality or county within which the ice cream truck is to operate must provide copies of all Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Cards for employees who will work upon the ice cream truck. The municipality or county must request copies of Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Cards at least 14 days before the ice cream truck is to begin operating within the municipality or county. If the ice cream truck owner has provided copies of Ice Cream Truck Worker Identification Cards and a permit is necessary for lawful operation of the ice cream truck, the issuance of a permit may not be delayed or denied on the basis that an ice cream truck owner has failed to provide the name, address, or background of or any other information related to ice cream truck workers.

Section 50. Penalties. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.